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Renee Cochard – Unmarried Cohabitants’ Property Entitlements: A Gendered Approach
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the UBC Faculty of Law. Until the late seventies/early eighties, women who were separating from their spouses had no right to claim property acquired during marriage unless it was registered in their names. The SCC decision of Murdoch v. Murdoch rendered in 1975 […]
Betsy Diamant-Cohen – Purposeful Play for the Youngest Learners: Early Literacy from Birth to Age Five
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) Master of Children’s Literature (MACL) colloquium series. Although library service to children was once mainly focused on books, today play is also a strong component. Children learn best through play. Library programs that incorporate […]
Michael Ungar – Influencing Resilience Among Students Experiencing Adversity
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Resilience is a process that advisors and educators in higher education can influence positively. While many students experience exceptionally high amounts of stress that can cause anxiety, depression, suicidality, and disengagement, it is possible to nurture the factors associated with resilience when young adults face adversity. […]
Judith Mosoff – Child Protection and Mental Disability: When Will ‘Bad Mothering’ Be in the DSM?
With a particular interest in mothers with mental disability UBC Law Professor Judith Mosoff analyze child welfare decisions about continuing custody orders made in British Columbia in recent years. These cases depict families that are deeply troubled. Virtually every decision portrays these characteristics: the mother is a lone parent, characterized as having a mental illness, an addiction or both; the family is poor; at least one of the children is said to have a disability; mothers lose their children.
Pat Vertinsky – Reconsidering The Demise of the Female Tradition in Physical Education
Since at least the 1980s, much research, policy and practice in the field of physical education for girls has been trapped in a repeated lament that we have yet to find the solution to ‘the problem’ of girls’ lack of participation in physical education and consequent negative effects on their health and wellbeing. The narrative […]
Roy Kiyooka: a commemorative exhibit
March 17 – 31 in Rare Books & Special Collections on Level 1 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre witness and commemorate Roy K. Kiyooka’s enduring influence on the artistic scene in Vancouver and beyond in the fields of visual art, collage, prose, and poetry.
Healers of children: What is the latest thinking about kids’ health?
Distinguished experts in children’s health care and moderated by Global TV’s Sophie Lui, a UBC alumni expert panel features notable specialists in emergency medicine, allergies, sports injuries, and developmental issues (such as ADHD) give a panel presentation that sorts truth from fiction and provides sage advice for parents. Moderator Sophie Lui – Morning News Anchor, […]
Africa Awareness Week – Day 5 – Closing Ceremony
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Based on our AAI mandate (to involve Africa in the creation of Global Citizens), our closing ceremony will open up the stage to include and engage the global community. Using art and creative expression as a medium shared by diverse cultures, we will situate the re-writing of […]
Africa Awareness Week – Day 4 – Country In Focus
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted in partnership with the International Student Association (ISA), in the hope to preset the great diversity that exists within the continent, and re-write one of the often misunderstood stories of place, we will have a cultural, social and economic showcase of the diversity and beauty of […]